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The United Kingdom is on standard time: GMT (UTC+0) until Sun, Mar 28, 2027.
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This converter keeps HNP at UTC−8. Los Angeles uses PDT (UTC−7) on this date. Open the PDT converter, or choose Los Angeles, Tijuana, or San Diego for city-specific time.

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12:00 pm12:00 GMT (UTC+0), Oct 27, 2026 = 4:00 am04:00 HNP (UTC-8), Oct 27, 2026

GMT is 8 hours ahead of HNP.

BST and HNP examples

These examples always use BST (UTC+1) and HNP (UTC-8). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

BST is 9 hours ahead of HNP.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, BST is 9 hours ahead of HNP. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, GMT is 8 hours ahead of HNP.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in BST correspond to 12:00 am to 9:00 am in HNP. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GMT correspond to 1:00 am to 10:00 am in HNP.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in BST correspond to 00:00 to 09:00 in HNP. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in GMT correspond to 01:00 to 10:00 in HNP.

Compare BST time with HNP time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Greenwich Mean Time is 8 hours ahead of Heure Normale du Pacifique.
12:00 pm12:00 in GMT is 4:00 am04:00 in HNP

GMT to HNP call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 5pm-6pm17:00-18:00 in GMT which corresponds to 9am-10am09:00-10:00 in HNP

12:00 pm12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Offset UTC 0:00 hours
4:00 am04:00 Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP). Offset UTC -8:00 hours

12:00 pm12:00 GMT / 4:00 am04:00 HNP

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British Summer Time

Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, United Kingdom

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield.

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, and in casual use the two are the same. In the military, GMT is known as Zulu time. Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time (UT), a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields, until the introduction of UTC in 1972.

Current time in the United Kingdom: UK time now

Map of the areas on British Summer Time (BST)
BST part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC+0 (GMT).

BST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects BST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
BST Abbreviation: Several time zones share BST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • British Summer Time - UTC +1
  • Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
  • Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time

Heure Normale du Pacifique

Offset: HNP is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the HNP time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.

Map of the areas on Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP)
HNP part of the year

Today the shaded areas are on UTC−7 (PDT).

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

123456789101112End: Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

123456789101112Start: Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

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HNP representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for HNP
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone